1110 - 1180
John of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the Little"), was an English author, philosopher, educationalist, diplomat and bishop of Chartres. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John of Salisbury has received more than 224,493 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John of Salisbury is the 387th most popular philosopher (down from 365th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 707th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Philosopher.
John of Salisbury was a medieval scholar and bishop who was most famous for his book Policraticus.
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Among philosophers, John of Salisbury ranks 387 out of 1,081. Before him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Siger of Brabant, Bartolus de Saxoferrato, Paul Tillich, Saadia Gaon, and Karl Rahner. After him are Johannes Althusius, Guan Zhong, Han Yu, Eubulides, Paul Natorp, and Nicephorus Gregoras.
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 381
1240 - 1284
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 382
1313 - 1357
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 383
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 384
882 - 942
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 385
1904 - 1984
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 386
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 387
1563 - 1638
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 388
720 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 389
768 - 824
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 390
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 391
1854 - 1924
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 392
1295 - 1360
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 393
Among people born in 1110, John of Salisbury ranks 3. Before him are Pope Lucius III and Ibn Tufail. After him are Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, García Ramírez of Navarre, Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Robert de Boron, Kaykaus I, Maurice de Sully, John Tzetzes, Bertha of Sulzbach, and Rostislav I of Kiev. Among people deceased in 1180, John of Salisbury ranks 3. Before him are Louis VII of France and Manuel I Komnenos. After him are John Tzetzes, Al-Mustadi, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Abraham ibn Daud, Prince Mochihito, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, and Yaroslav II of Kiev.
1110 - 1185
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 1
1110 - 1185
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 2
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3
1110 - 1174
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4
1110 - 1150
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 5
1110 - 1173
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 6
1110 - 1300
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1110 - 1220
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 8
1110 - 1196
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 9
1110 - 1180
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 10
1110 - 1159
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 11
1110 - 1167
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 12
1120 - 1180
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 1
1118 - 1180
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 2
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 3
1110 - 1180
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 4
1142 - 1180
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 5
1106 - 1180
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 6
1110 - 1180
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 7
1151 - 1180
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 8
1128 - 1180
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 9
1145 - 1180
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 10
1132 - 1180
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11
Among people born in United Kingdom, John of Salisbury ranks 776 out of 7,765. Before him are Bryan Ferry (1945), James Gregory (1638), E. M. Forster (1879), Charles Laughton (1899), William Lassell (1799), and Henry Fielding (1707). After him are Frederick Fleet (1887), Richard Laurence Millington Synge (1914), James Macpherson (1736), Thomas Tallis (1502), John Langdon Down (1828), and Imelda Staunton (1956).
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 770
1638 - 1675
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 771
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 772
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 773
1799 - 1880
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 774
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 775
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 776
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 777
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 778
1736 - 1796
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 779
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 780
1828 - 1896
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 781
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 782
Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John of Salisbury ranks 23. Before him are G. E. Moore (1873), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), A. S. Neill (1883), E. H. Carr (1892), J. L. Austin (1911), and H. L. A. Hart (1907). After him are Francis Hutcheson (1694), Paul Grice (1913), Alan Watts (1915), Adam Ferguson (1723), Roger Scruton (1944), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929).
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 17
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 18
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 19
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 20
1911 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 21
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 22
1110 - 1180
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 23
1694 - 1746
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 24
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 25
1915 - 1973
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 26
1723 - 1816
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 27
1944 - 2020
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 28
1929 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 29